Mantanchen Bay to San Blas
31 December 2009 | N21 32.404 W105 17.607
We started our move to the estuary in San Blas early so we could maximize the high tides. Captn Norm on VHF 22 tried to make us wait until someone could lead us through but that just irritated Jim to no end. He got on the horn and said if it was that dangerous that we couldn't center up in the channel to get to the anchorage then we should just go back to the bay. Norm gave us new information and we were ok to enter (his kingdom?). We had a nice slack tide (not that we knew it ripped in here) to anchor in. We did anchor watch for a bit and then headed to town. We tied and locked down the dinghy to a rock near a fisherman name of Manuel who was repairing his net. What a job that is!
Town was very nice, small and not many people considering it is New Year's Eve day. We stopped by Third Day after coming back from town and chatted with them for a bit (we saw them in Mazatlan harbor). Then our power boat neighbor Moon Angel stopped by for a chat. Looks like most of the boaters are headed to town for the Eve and we'll be headed back out.
This time we parked our dinghy at Peppi's (the dinghy guy) so that he could watch it for the evening (for 40 pesos). We headed back to the plaza and sat down in the San Blas Social Club and had a few drinks. What a nice place.....owners are Americans and it feels like it's right out of a Bogey movie. It was black and white night and they all dressed up....looked sooo nice and very unexpected! Left there to get dinner (street tacos) and desert (chocolate cake) and then back for drinks. What time is it? We only had 5 more hours to go! Needless to say even with a few more walks around the plaza we headed back before the end of the year. Got back to the boat - yep it was only 11! Well we made it close enough and we were awake when the fireworks went off at midnight.